Crimea Ministry of Internal Affairs: Caution, scammers! How to protect yourself from distance scams

• false calls/calls in messengers (telegrams, VOTSAP): criminals are submitted by communication operators, bank employees, law enforcement agencies or even relatives of the victim, trying to find out personal data or force to transfer money;
• Fake online stores: Clones of famous brands are created, where buyers pay for goods, but never receive them;

• lure of money through social networks: attackers create fake accounts of acquaintances of users, asking for help in the form of money transfers;
• Investments in the company’s shares: scammers offer potential investors to invest money in the shares of some promising company, claiming that soon the value of shares will increase sharply. Typically, such investments promise high income with minimal risks;

• Installation of third -party applications and crossing the links.

Through calls

A local resident with a statement of fraud applied to the Simferopol police. The woman said that in the Telegram messenger she received a call from an unknown person who introduced herself as an FSB officer. The caller told the applicant that someone received remote access to her personal account of the Internet banking and made an attempt to transfer money to sponsor the organizations prohibited in Russia. An excited citizen, wanting to preserve his savings, without hesitation, followed all the instructions of the attackers who convinced her to transfer money to the so -called “safe score”. The property of scammers was the amount of more 4 million 460 thousand rubles.

Via Internet sites, social networks and messengers

A resident of the village of Razdolnensky district decided to increase his capital. On one of the sites he came across an announcement, offering to significantly increase his income thanks to investments. The promise of a significant increase in profit in a matter of months attracted attention.

The investor sent money in total 215 thousand rubleshowever, he soon discovered that access to the site was gone, and contact phones stopped working.

Through the installation of third -party applications and the click on links

The police of the Simferopol district received a statement from a citizen who became a victim of Fishing in the Messenger «VotsAP». She received a message from her friend, who wrote that she had found an interesting site with favorable offers where she placed an order, but at present there was no way to pay and asked to help financially. After that, the applicant came to the SMS link, moving on to which it was necessary to pay for the purchase.

The woman entered her payment data and wrote off her 15 thousand rubles.

Later it turned out that her girlfriend’s account was hacked by scammers who used her profile to disseminate malicious links.

How to recognize a telephone scammer?
• distracts the volume of information — the caller says a lot, often complex and incomprehensible constructions, asks questions;
• rush to act — does not give time to think, drives, asks to name the code as soon as possible;
• It scares the consequences — the caller says that everything is bad: the money from the card leaves, the accounts are freezing. He offers a quick solution that will help to fix everything.

How to protect yourself from such threats?

To avoid such troubles, it is important to follow several simple rules:

1. Never report your personal data to strangers, especially the card numbers, confirmation codes and passwords.

2. Check the reliability of Internet resources before making purchases online.

3. Be careful with suspicious letters and messages containing links or download files.

4. Avoid offers with excessive income guarantees. Before investing money, consult an independent financial consultant. Use official stock trading platforms and reliable investment funds.

If you are a victim of scammers, immediately report this to the police by a single number 102 or apply to a written statement to any nearest police department.